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ePITH AV. THOMAS. 



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CHILDREN OF WINTER 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLORS 
AND MONOTINT BY 



MAUD HUMPHREY 

VERSES BY 

EDITH M. THOMAS 




(■'AUG 4 188«')^ ' 



NEW YORK 

Copyright, iSSS. by 

FREDERICK A. STOKES & BROTHER 



Zbc rnbistletoc. 

SIv? elf, wttb rosv? fiticjer tips 
lP>re55eC> tiobtlv on v?our ro£iv? lips, 
H pia\i vow, tell us wbat \?ou know 
about tbis braucb ot ntistletoe. 

December speaks. 



TLbc mistletoe is ol5 au& wise, 
au& always watcbeC* by cuuiiino spies ; 
II C»o not &arc to tell you bow 
HuC> wbere 11 fount* tbis curious bougb, 
®b, if 11 sboul5 fortjet, an& speak, 
tlbey 'b pull my ear, a\\b pincb my cbeek! 

aii5 tbis is wby my fitiiier tips 
11 press so tigbtly on my lips. 
H cjoo&=niGbt kiss to you II blow, 
as If trip un&er tbe mistletoe ! 

Edith M. Thomas. 



Zbc Snow-Ball Chieftain. 

ail in tbe tinolino frosU^ weatber 
3 met a cbiettaiti brave an^ briiibt ; 

Ibe'O scarlet bat witb 5iio\v=\vbite tcatber, 
Ibis step was brisl? an& licibt. 

Ibis twinfilinci ei^es were soft an^ starlihe, 
llDis lips an& cbeeks were rosi^ re& ; 
"1F3e doesn't look so vcrw warlike !" 
JBcncatb mv breatb 11 saib. 



So 11 a kill^ (loo^=monltng bi& bim.— 
Mitb snow=balls tbree be pelte& me; 

Ubeu laullbc^, aiiC» ran, all^ quicklv bi& bim 
.16ebiu^ a bemlock tree! 

Rdith M. Thomas. 



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:^lt<6HT 1980. 9Y FRECSniCK A^^OKEE S 8RCTMEM. 



Zbc Xittlc Ipvophct 



(jfebruarv? speafts.) 

Uboucib tbe clou&6 are banoino low, 
an& tbe streams can barMv? cio 
(Hll tbcir babbliuG wices &uinb), 
Urust mc, better &a\?s will come ! 
Don't despair. 

Il'm a propbet, ll'in a seer : 
11 can see, an5 IF can bear, 
Sinciino travellers on tbeir wa\? 
TLo tbis 1Hortblan5 bleah anD gra?; 
Don't despair. 

11 bave seen tbe fiel5=)nice rnn 
ail abroad, to taMe tbe sun ; 
H bave bearb tbe peeper's plaint, 
jrroni tbe marsbes, far anJ> faint ; 
Don't despair. 



Il'm a propbet ; IF can spi^ 
IFn tbis brancb so brown anb i>v^ 
Xeaves anC flowers tl3at soon will wahe, 
Hn& tbeir pri3on=fetters break ; 
Don't despair. 

£di7/i M. Thomas. 



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